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Camp Campbell, Kentucky
June 8, 1943
Hell darling:
Well here I am again I and I still love you more than ever. It’s a little cooler here to day [sic] and it makes you feel like doing something. I was riding on the bus [hours] [when] I saw three…


Camp Campbell, Kentucky
June 6, 1943
8:30 PM
If you can read this I’ll give you a gold star. [At the top of the first page.]
Hi darling:
I know you must think I’m on a strike but you got to [sic] believe me when I tell you that I’ve been…


Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 31, 1943
7:30 PM.
Hello darling:
I just got one of your letters that you sent me with the address upside down. What[‘]s the matter is everything up there upside down like it is down home? I got a pass Saturday night…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 28, 1943
Hello darling:
Well it[‘s] about time I started writing again don’t you think? I’ve been so darn busy lately that I haven’t had anytime at all..You see it’s the last week of the recruit[‘]s basic training and…


Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 25, 1943
Hi darling:
I got a letter from you to-day [sic] and I’m glad you had a good time at the play. As for me I’m about OK [sic] to-day [sic]. I can walk around pretty good but I still have to keep off of it.…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 24, 1943
Hello darling:
I guess you’ve been wondering why I haven’t written lately well in case you don’t know I’ve been to the doctor’s most of the time and he had me in bed with my foot tied up in the air. It seems I…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 21, 1943
8:00 PM.
Hello darling:
In case your [sic] wondering why I didn’t write last night I’ll tell you. Last night I went on a bivouac and in case you don’t what that is it[‘]s one of these over night [sic] hikes,…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 18, 1943
Hello darling:
Well here it is: almost the end of the month again and I’m not home yet. I got the box of candy and also the writing paper and thanks a lot. I’m trying very hard to get a furlough but I don’t…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 16,1943
Hello darling:
I feel like a heel for not writing you sooner but I had to do my other work first. You know, keep the captain happy and all is well. I got the box of candy yesterday and thanks a lot, but you…

Camp Campbell, Kentucky
May 11, 1943
11:30 PM.
Hello darling,
Gee I’m lonesome to-night [sic]. I just got back from the doctor and I got to report back to him in the morning. He gave me a quick check over and didn’t seem satisfied so I guess…